〰 the magic of M. the masterful collaborations of daido Moriyama & satoshi Machiguchi under the M x M project unfailingly deliver lesson after lesson on how picture & page can delight the senses on multiple levels. the weight of an endpaper, the choice of ink, the tooth on a cover—each element designed for the eye, hand & heart to discover in tandem. this one is near edible with hot pink icing laced over pages as soft as whipped cream. an arresting mash-up inside, daido’s photos of osaka are set alongside a faithful reproduction of a gripping semi-autobiographical story written by sakunosuke oda in 1946. eat it up. 〰 odasaku // daido moriyama / 2016 / bookshop m / @bookshop_m#satoshimachiguchi#daidomoriyama#m#photobook#feast#sakunosukeoda#odasaku#osaka#🏇🏼

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〰 backstage bauhaus. this curious gold nugget contains an illustrated guide to the mazdaznan exercises that esteemed colour theorist johannes itten taught students in the early days of the bauhaus. under the instruction of itten, students stretched in a quest for enlightenment and auto-illumination (yep, that’s apparently a thing). an essay by pádraic e. moore places the happenings in a wider context & also confronts the morally repugnant aspects of the movement regarding race theories. includes detailed design notes for us book nerds on the selection of fonts & endpapers. 〰 the egyptian postures // ed. & illustrated by ian whittlesea / 2017 / the everyday press / 9780993372858 / @theeverydaypress@ianwhittlesea#theegyptianpostures#bauhaus#johannesitten#colourtheory